Marc Llinares

Marc Llinares Barragán (born 26 August 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left-back for Hammarby IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan.

Early life
Llinares was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, and started to play youth football with local club RCD Espanyol, where he spent seven years. He later moved on to represent both Villarreal CF and CF Damm at youth level.

Early career
On 28 June 2018, after finishing his formation, Llinares signed for RCD Mallorca and was initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera División; He made his senior debut on 18 August 2018, starting in a 1–0 home win over UD Poblense, and featured in 16 matches before suffering a knee injury in April 2019, being sidelined for eight months.

On 31 January 2020, Llinares signed for Segunda División B side Algeciras CF. He helped the club to reach the 2021 Segunda División B play-offs, being knocked out by Real Sociedad B, before leaving on 9 June 2021.

On 18 June 2021, Llinares signed a two-year contract with Albacete Balompié, recently relegated to Primera División RFEF. He featured mainly as a substitute during the season, as the club returned to Segunda División at first attempt.

On 25 August 2022, Llinares was sent on loan with a purchase option to CA Osasuna B also in the third division. Throughout the 2022–23 season, he made 29 league appearances for the side in the Primera Federación.

On 22 July 2023, Llinares left Alba by mutual consent, with one year left on his contract.

Move to Sweden
On 26 July 2023, Llinares signed a three-year contract with Hammarby IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan. He made his first competitive appearance for Spanish head coach Martí Cifuentes on 20 August the same year, coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 away draw against Kalmar FF. In total, he made 11 league appearances for the side in 2023, although Hammarby disappointedly finished 7th in the table.